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How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences A Tool Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery Lisa H. Jaycox, Lindsey K. Morse, Terri Tanielian, Bradley D. Stein
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Preface This tool kit is designed for schools that want to help students recover from traumatic experiences such as natural disasters, exposure to violence, abuse or assault, terrorist incidents, and war and refugee experiences. It focuses on long-term recovery, as opposed to immediate disaster response. To help schools choose an approach that suits their needs, the tool kit provides a compendium of programs for trauma recovery, classified by type of trauma (such as natural disaster or exposure to violence). Within each trauma category, we provide information that facilitates program comparisons across several dimensions, such as program goals, target population, mechanics of program delivery, implementation requirements, and evidence of effectiveness. We explain how to obtain each program s manuals and other aids to implementation and also discuss sources of funding for school-based programs. Developed after hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the United States in the fall of 2005, the tool kit was used as part of a research project aimed at helping students displaced by these natural disasters. It was subsequently revised to reflect lessons learned about the kind of information schools needed most and updated to include additional programs uncovered during the research project. This research is part of the RAND Corporation s continuing program of self-initiated research, which is supported in part by donors and the independent research and development provisions of RAND s contracts for the operation of its U.S. Department of Defense federally funded research and development centers. This research was conducted within RAND Health under the auspices of the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute (RGSPI). 3
Contents Preface...3 Section 1: Introduction...6 The Need to Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences...7 Purpose and Organization of the Tool Kit...10 How to Use This Tool Kit...11 Section 2: How to Select Students for Targeted Trauma Recovery Programs...13 Section 3: Comparing Programs...15 Programs for non-specific (any type of) trauma...16 Programs for disaster-related trauma...18 Programs for traumatic loss...21 Programs for exposure to violence...22 Programs for complex trauma...23 Section 4: Program Descriptions...24 Programs for non-specific (any type of) trauma...25 Better Todays, Better Tomorrows for Children s Mental Health (B2T2)...26 Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)...27 Community Outreach Program Esperanza (COPE)...28 Multimodality Trauma Treatment (MMTT) or Trauma-Focused Coping...29 School Intervention Project (SIP) of the Southwest Michigan Children s Trauma Assessment Center (CTAC)...30 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)...31 UCLA Trauma/Grief Program for Adolescents (Original) and Enhanced Services for Post-hurricane Recovery: An Intervention for Children, Adolescents and Families (Adaptation)...32 Programs for disaster-related trauma...33 Friends and New Places...34 Healing After Trauma Skills (HATS)...35 4 The Journey to Resiliency (JTR): Coping with Ongoing Stress...36 Maile Project...37
Overshadowing the Threat of Terrorism (OTT) and Enhancing Resiliency Among Students Experiencing Stress (ERASE-S)...38 Psychosocial Structured Activity (PSSA), or the Nine-session Classroom-Based Intervention (CBI), and Journey of Hope (Save the Children)...39 The Resiliency and Skills Building Workshop Series, by the School-Based Intervention Program (SBIP) at the NYU Child Study Center s Institute for Trauma and Stress...40 Silver Linings: Community Crisis Response Program, by Rainbows...41 UCLA Trauma/Grief Enhanced Services for Post-hurricane Recovery...42 Programs for traumatic loss...43 Loss and Bereavement Program for Children and Adolescents (L&BP)...44 PeaceZone (PZ)...45 Rainbows...46 Three Dimensional Grief (also known as the School-Based Mourning Project)...47 Programs for exposure to violence...48 The Safe Harbor Program: A School-Based Victim-Assistance and Violence- Prevention Program...49 Programs for complex trauma...50 Life Skills/Life Story (Formerly Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation/Narrative Story-Telling, or STAIR/NST)...51 Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS)...52 Trauma Affect Regulation: Group Education and Therapy For Adolescents (TARGET-A)...53 Section 5: How to Find Funding to Support Use of These Programs...54 References...60 Appendix A: How can schools help students immediately after a traumatic event?...67 Appendix B: How can mental health staff and other school personnel help each other and themselves?...71 Appendix C: Index of Programs...73 5
Section 1: Introduction On any given day, almost 60 million people (more than one in five Americans) participate in K 12 education (President s New Freedom Commission, 2003). Moreover, the reach of schools extends far beyond school campuses. Parents and others responsible for children often look to schools to keep children safe and to provide direction about how best to support them, especially in times of crisis. Thus, schools play a critical role in the life of communities that extends well beyond classroom schooling, narrowly defined. Part of this role involves meeting the emotional and behavioral needs of children and their families. Schools are called on to address these needs both within the context of their educational mission promoting and facilitating student academic achievement and in responding to student behavioral problems (poor attendance, attention or conduct problems, etc.). Schools also play a broader role in community-based mental health (Weist, Paternite, and Adelsheim 2005). Within communities, schools have become a key setting for delivering mental health programs and services. For example, mental health professionals working in schools constitute the largest cadre of primary providers of mental health services for children (U.S. Public Health Service, 2000). The role of schools in providing community mental health support has been vividly demonstrated in the wake of recent large-scale disasters, including terrorist incidents, mass violence, hurricanes, and other community crises (Weist et al., 2003; National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism, 2003) Schools have been used as places of shelter and as sites or points of distribution for needed resources. In addition, schools have typically been among the first institutions to reopen in a traumatized community. For example, after the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Public School District screened thousands of students and provided psychological support services to many students and school staff (Pfefferbaum, Call, and Sconzo, 1999; Pfefferbaum et al., 1999). In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, schools actively provided support services to students. In New York City, more than half of the students who received counseling in the months following September 11 received it through the schools (Stuber et al., 2002). These early 6
interventions are designed to promote the psychological recovery of students and staff after a range of traumatic events, including natural disasters and terrorism (Chemtob, Nakashima, and Hamada, 2002). But in addition to addressing the acute crisis-response phase, more and more programs have been developed to address longer-term mental health needs of traumatized students, including students exposed to everyday traumas such as community and family violence. This tool kit is intended to help schools and districts meet these longer-term needs. It is designed for schools that want to help students recover from traumatic experiences such as natural disasters, exposure to violence, abuse or assault, terrorism incidents, and war and refugee experiences. It focuses on long-term recovery, as opposed to immediate disaster response. In an appendix, we also list programs that focus on short-term intervention and recovery, as well as resources for helping teachers and other school staff get help for their own mental health needs. The Need to Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences What do we mean by trauma and traumatic events? Traumatic events are extremely stressful incidents, usually accompanied by a threat of injury or death to the person who experiences them or to others in close proximity. The person exposed to the event feels terrified, horrified, or helpless. There are a large number of potentially traumatic events. These might include: natural disasters the sudden or violent death of a loved one witnessing violence in the home, at school, or in the community physical or sexual assault child abuse (emotional, physical or sexual abuse medical trauma (a sudden illness or medical procedure) refugee or war-zone experiences terrorist incidents In recent years, the number of students exposed to these kinds of traumas has increased substantially, and it seems unlikely to diminish. Neither does the importance of helping students cope with the long-term consequences of traumatic events. 7
Exposure to traumatic events can have significant long-term consequences for students. Reactions to traumatic events vary, but they usually include anxiety and nervousness as well as sadness or depression. In addition, some students act out more in school, with peers, and at home. Some of these consequences directly interfere with performance in school. Research has shown that exposure to violence leads to: decreased IQ and reading ability (Delaney-Black et al., 2003) lower grade-point average (Hurt et al., 2001) higher absenteeism (Beers and DeBellis, 2002) decreased rates of high school graduation (Grogger, 1997) significant deficits in attention, abstract reasoning, long-term memory for verbal information, decreased IQ, and decreased reading ability (Beers and DeBellis, 2002) These changes in student performance and behavior result from the emotional and behavioral problems that people experience following traumatic events. For instance, classroom performance can decline because of an inability to concentrate, flashbacks or preoccupation with the trauma, and a wish to avoid school or other places that might remind students of the trauma. In addition, school performance and functioning can be affected by the development of other behavioral and emotional problems, including substance abuse, aggression, and depression. The way students show their distress can vary by age. For instance, preschool students sometimes act younger than they did before the trauma, and often reenact the traumatic event in their imagination play. They may have more temper tantrums or talk less and withdraw from activities. Elementary students often complain of physical problems, like stomach aches and headaches. They too might show heightened anger and irritability, and may do worse on their assignments, miss school more often, and have trouble concentrating. Some may become more talkative, and talk or ask questions excessively about the traumatic event. Middle- and highschool students may be absent from school more often and may engage in more problem behaviors (such as substance abuse, fighting, and reckless behavior). School performance may decline, and interpersonal relationships can be more difficult (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2006). 8
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, as those affected begin to rebuild and recover, emotional and behavioral difficulties may begin to subside. However, many victims continue to suffer difficulties for several months. In addition, the challenges associated with returning to normal may create more anxiety and emotional difficulty. Fortunately, a number of programs have been developed to help children deal with traumatic events, and some of these have been developed specifically for use in schools. Most of these school-based programs attempt both to reduce emotional and behavioral problems related to trauma exposure and to foster resilience in students for the future. Although many of the programs have not yet been evaluated, a handful have been shown to yield positive results, and many draw on evidence-based techniques. Schools are logical venues for such programs. Over the last few decades, mental health programs in schools have grown dramatically (Adelman and Taylor, 1999; Comer and Woodruff, 1998; Evans, 1999; Foster et al., 2005). For instance, many special education students have mental health interventions written into their Individualized Education Programs (Policy Leadership Cadre for Mental Health in Schools, 2001), schools have launched school-based health centers that incorporate mental health programs (Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, 2003), community mental-health providers are sometimes co-located in schools, and expanded school mental-health programs have been developed to pool local resources for students (Weist, 1997, 1998; Weist and Christodulu, 2000). This emphasis on mental health in the schools is seen as important by many and is likely to continue. For instance, the Surgeon General s National Action Agenda for Children s Mental Health (U.S. Public Health Service, 2000) and President s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003) both call for increases in school mental-health programs. However, despite this embrace of mental health programs, information about evidencebased resources for long-term trauma recovery has not yet been well-disseminated to schools, and thus many school administrators are unaware of the resources currently available for longterm trauma recovery or their effectiveness. Furthermore, successful implementation of such programs depends on school system access to program developers and other personnel with 9
experience in implementing programs such as these. We offer this tool kit as a step toward filling this information gap. Purpose and Organization of the Tool Kit This tool kit is intended to assist school administrators in deciding how to promote the mental-health recovery of children and adolescents following a traumatic experience. The tool kit contains information about a range of long-term recovery programs that schools and districts can implement. It was compiled following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but it is also broadly applicable to planning responses to other types of trauma and disaster. The development of this tool kit and the selection of programs were guided by important groundwork from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), which is funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This network has identified programs and examined the evidence supporting their use: the work is summarized at: www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/promising_practices/nctsn_e-stable_21705.pdf. We include here programs from their list that have been developed for or used in schools. In addition, we asked experts from the NCTSN and program developers for nominations of additional programs, and we searched the published literature for appropriate programs to include. Finally, through our work in the Gulf states, we learned of additional programs in use in affected schools and included those. Given that most of these programs are relatively new and many have not yet been evaluated, we did not attempt to screen programs on the basis of effectiveness. The level and types of evaluations that have been conducted to date are, however, presented in the tables for consideration. While we aimed to include all appropriate programs documented in the summer of 2006, we may have overlooked some programs that are in development. We excluded certain types of programs whose goals differed from the original intent of the tool kit: programs for preschool children, programs that are not specifically oriented to trauma, programs that are no longer supported or available, and programs designed for immediate crisis intervention or psychological first aid rather than the longer-term recovery from trauma. We list some of these crisis-response resources in Appendix A but do not discuss them 10
in depth. We also list some tools for helping support schools staff who are working with traumatized children in Appendix B. How to Use This Tool Kit The tool kit is designed to provide information to help in choosing and implementing a program focused on trauma. Of course, getting a school-based mental-health program up and running is not as simple as pulling a manual off the shelf. Successful school-based mental health programs involve many people and are often the result of a careful process that includes needs assessment, resource mapping, full and active stakeholder involvement, the development of coordinating teams, the connection of school and community efforts, staff training and support in evidence-based practices, systematic quality assessment and improvement, program evaluation, and public involvement (e.g., Robinson, 2004; Weist, Evans, and Lever, 2003). We recommend that a small team, including a school mental-health professional, school counselor, or student support personnel, a school administrator, and a community stakeholder use the tool kit to choose a small number of candidate programs and then request input from a larger number of decision makers and mental health professionals. Support from all levels of the school structure and from the community is key to the successful implementation of a program and should be sought before a final selection is made. We have divided the description of programs into two sections and grouped the programs within each by the type of trauma that they address. We suggest that you use the tool kit in the following way: 1. Begin by selecting the type of trauma that you want the program to focus on. The tables in Section 3 comparing programs are organized by type of trauma: nonspecific (any trauma), disaster, traumatic loss or death of loved one, exposure to violence, and complex trauma (exposure to multiple or prolonged traumatic events as a child, particularly abuse by a caregiver). 11
2. Look at the various programs for the characteristics that best meet your school s needs and resources. Consider the following questions: What specific needs of our students do we want to focus on? Is there evidence that this program is effective? Has this program been used or tested with a group of students similar to ours? Do we have the right kind of expertise within our system to implement a program like this? How much would it cost to get this program running in our schools? 3. Consult the program description in Section 4 for details of programs that seem to match your needs and resources. An alphabetical index of programs described in the tool kit can be found in Appendix C. 4. Contact the developers of programs that seem right for you. Talk to them directly about options in your community, including how to successfully implement the program within your school system. All the program contacts listed in this tool kit have agreed to field such calls. 5. Consider funding options in Section 5 that would help support the program that best meets your needs. 12
Section 2: How to Select Students for Targeted Trauma-Recovery Programs Some of the programs listed in this tool kit target the entire school population, whereas others use a screening or referral process to identify students who might benefit. All programs usually require some level of parental consent and student assent for participation, with the details of how that happens varying from school to school. Distributing informational materials to parents, obtaining permission to screen children or to implement a program, and communicating with parents throughout the program, all require considerable resources and staffing and should be taken into account during planning. For programs targeting a particular subset of students, schools need a method of selection. The four primary methods in current use are described below: referral by counselor or teacher, parent nomination, targeted school screening, and general school screening. Which one is right for your school depends on focus of your program, likely parental and child reaction to the mode of selection, ease of administration, staff training required to select students, availability of trained staff, and general administrative burden (including protecting confidentiality). Many of the programs described here include selection guidelines. Thus, once a potential program is selected, schools can ask program developers about the best way to identify students. Just as careful consideration is needed in selecting a program that matches your needs, careful consideration is also needed in selecting students for the program. 1. Counselor or teacher referral. School counselors or teachers can be asked to nominate students perceived as needing the intervention program. This approach requires orienting the teachers and counselors to the kinds of problems the program addresses. Because counselors and teachers tend to notice behavior problems more readily than they notice withdrawn or anxious students, this method may not identify all students in need. A brief one-on-one meeting with the student to verify that the program might be appropriate is recommended. 2. Parent nomination. Schools may also describe the program to parents and ask them to nominate their own children if they feel it is appropriate (or give permission for an assessment). The limitation to this method is similar to that of counselor or teacher referral: parents do not 13
always notice withdrawal or anxiety in children as easily as they notice behavioral problems. Again, a brief one-on-one meeting with the student to verify need and interest is recommended. 3. Targeted school screening. Students known to have been affected by a traumatic event can be assessed with a screening tool to determine their level of potential need for a traumafocused program, and those with high scores, indicating distress, can be invited to participate. Parental permission for such assessment is usually required, and confidentiality of the screening results must be protected. Assessments for referral to the programs described in this tool kit should take place at least a few months (usually about 3 months) post-trauma, as the majority of students are likely to be distressed in the immediate aftermath, but for many students symptoms may decrease within this period without any intervention. 4. General school screening. Another option is to screen all students in the school, with parental permission. This approach is potentially less stigmatizing and may reveal high rates of trauma exposure that sometimes go undetected by parents, teachers, and counselors. For instance, while some students may be affected by a hurricane or natural disaster, others may be affected by exposure to violence in their community, and some will have both types of experiences. A one-on-one meeting with each student whose assessment shows high levels of distress may still be recommended in order to verify need for the program (as screening can sometimes yield false positives ), but more students may be detected who are in need than via school staff referral or parent nomination. Usually some training is required to administer screening questionnaires, so that the staff understand the reliability and validity of the measures and how to interpret the scores. 14
Section 3: Comparing Programs This section of the tool kit provides a comparison of 24 trauma-focused programs developed for use in schools. They compare the programs on dimensions related to the needs of the students and the time and resources required. Each program has an entry in the table along with listings of several types of information. These include: intended population (type of trauma, age or grade level, and method of selection) symptoms or issues targeted format (group, classroom, etc.) information on prior implementations in schools evaluation or evidence base to support program use materials available training requirements contact information The tables are organized by the type of traumatic experience the programs target, with the first table describing programs that address all sorts of traumatic life events. In reviewing these programs, some key questions to keep in mind are: What specific needs of our students do we want to focus on? Is there evidence that this program is effective? Has this program been used or tested with a group of students similar to ours? Do we have the expertise within our system to implement a program like this? How much would it cost to get this program running in our schools? 15
16 Programs for non-specific (any type of) trauma Program Better Todays, Better Tomorrows for Any traumatic life Children s' Mental Health events (B2T2) (formerly Red Flags Idaho) Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Community Outreach Program Esperanza (COPE) Multimodality Trauma Treatment (MMTT) or Trauma-Focused Coping Who is this program for? Targeted Age or grade Type of trauma population and targeted selection process Any traumatic life events. Program usually screens for exposure to community violence, but in group sessions students focus on any trauma except child sexual abuse. Any traumatic life events (physical abuse, sexual abuse, witness to murder, loss from September 11, natural disasters) Single-incident trauma (disaster, exposure to violence, murder, suicide, fire, accidents) All adult school employees and volunteers, parents, and community groups. No selection. Students with exposure to trauma and elevated symptoms of PTSD. Students screened via survey and then by meeting with mental health staff. Students with behavioral and social and emotional problems who face barriers to accessing and remaining in traditional mental health services. Selection by school counselors or teachers. Students with a history of trauma, diagnosis of PTSD, depression, anger, or other sub clinical symptoms. Selection by school staff. Adults Grades 5 9 All (grades pre- K 12; ages 4 17) Grades 4 12 What problems does this program target? Awareness of treatment stigma, prevention of traumatic symptoms and mental illnesses Reduction of PTSD and depressive symptoms and behavior problems. Provision of peer and parent support and improvement in coping and cognitive skills. Reduction of behavioral, social, and emotional problems. Improved coping skills. Provision of basic needs. Reduction of PTSD symptoms, depression, anger and anxiety. Improvement of grief management and coping How is the program delivered? School employees are instructed on signs and symptoms of trauma and mental illnesses in youth and barriers to treatment at a 1-day training program supplemented by online information and a free in-state telehealth program. 10 group sessions held weekly for 45 60 minutes, 1 3 individual sessions, 2 4 optional parent sessions, and 1 teacher-education session. 12 20 individual (parent and student) and joint sessions held weekly or biweekly for 45 90 minutes, with case management and outreach. 14 group sessions, held weekly for 45 60 minutes, and 2 individual sessions. Schools in which the program has been implemented Implemented in the majority of Idaho's public school systems and under review for implementation in Oregon. Implemented extensively within Los Angeles Unified School District (for recent immigrants and general student population). Training and implementation are occurring in Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, Washington, New Mexico, and Montana. Training beginning in New Orleans region. Implemented extensively in 3 counties in South Carolina and in other schools throughout the U.S. Plans for implementation in New York and San Diego. Implemented in several school districts; original testing of the program in North Carolina. Evaluation / Evidence Base Surveys of people who have been trained: 70% of participants indicated they felt the program had improved their knowledge of treatmentseeking information and had reduced stigma of mental health problems in the school environment. Designated as a "promising practice" by the NCTSN. Two published studies to date indicating positive impact on PTSD symptoms, depressive symptoms, and parent (but not teacher) reports of decreased behavior problems. Designated "supported and probably efficacious" by the NCTSN. Not yet evaluated except for case studies, but systematic review planned for next year. Uses Trauma-focused CBT and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, both efficacious elements. Combination with intensive case management not yet evaluated. Designated "supported and acceptable" by the NCTSN. 2 published articles and related studies show significant improvements in PTSD, depressive, and anxiety symptoms. Designated "supported and acceptable" by the NCTSN. Materials available Informational packet on trauma and mental illnesses, treatments and interventions, and stigma as a barrier (customized to each school's needs). Other information online. Manual, screening measures, implementation guide, handouts. Parent materials available in Spanish. Background reading, treatment manuals, and journal articles. Manuals available in Spanish. Manual (available free of charge), organizational readiness assessment Implementation Resources and Requirements Training requirements Idaho State has conducted all programs to date. For mental health clinicians: 2-day intensive training. Ongoing consultation and supervision with local CBT expert or developers is recommended. For program employees, NYC Department of Mental Health clinicians, and potentially other mental health clinicians: 1 full day of training, reading, supervision (2 3 hours of joint and/or individual supervision each week for 6 10 cases). For mental health clinicians with a master's degree or higher: 1 2 days intensive skills-based training, ongoing expert consultation, advanced training on request to build capacity for training and supervision for schools that plan longterm use and widespread dissemination. Contact information Ann Kirkwood (208-562-8646, kirkann@isu.edu), Institute of Rural Health, Idaho State University (www.isu.edu/irh/bettertodays) For training inquiries: Audra Langley, UCLA (310-825-3131, ALangley@mednet.ucla.edu). Manual available at www.sopriswest.com. Michael de Arellano, director, COPE (843-792-2945, dearelma@musc.edu), National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. www.musc.edu/ncvc Ernestine Briggs-King, PhD, director, Trauma Evaluation and Treatment Program (919-419-3474, x 228, Ernestine.Briggs@mc.duke.edu) OR Robert Murphy, PhD, executive director (919-419-3474, x 291, Robert.Murphy@duke.edu), Center for Child and Family Health, Durham, N.C. (www.ccfhnc.org)